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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON,' OHEGOX, FIM DAY, OCTODEIt 20, 1906. NO. 5s()7
LANGDQN DEFIES .
BOSS ABE RUEF
iDistrict Attorney of Sanfran
cisco Foils Coup and Will
Push Cases.
.JUDGE ISSUES RESTRAINING
ORDER AGAINST GRAFTERS.
!Ry This Action Lniigdrm mid Henry
"Will He' In Power Until November 2,
.null In Meantime Will Hush Cases
AsuhiNt "City Crooks" Hi Trlnl
Strong 'Evidence Is Secured' Against
Grafters Excitement In"vdlls and
Fears Are Entiwtaliied That Tllood
shed May Result Are Afraid of
'Henry.
San Francisco. Oct. 26. With full
determination to fight to the death,
If necessary, any attempt to oust him
from office, District Attorney Lang
don, who wan suspended last night for
alleged dereliction of duty on the eve
of placing before the grand Jury evl
deuce of alleged grafting on the part
of the men who deposed him, ap
peared at the usual hour this morning
and took possession without interior
enoe.
Neither Abe Ruef, who was seleet
ed to succeed him, nor any of his fol
lowers appeared at the district attor
ney's office, thus dispelling the fear
that there might be bloodshed over
the possible fight for possession of
the office. Immediately upon ap
pearing In his office. Langdon pro
duced an order signed by superior
Judge Sewell restraining Ituef, Acting
Mayor Oallugher or the board of su
pervisors from In any manner Inter
fering With the office of the district
attorney. The order was made return
able November 2. Hy thta action It
Is believed that Ruof's coup has come
to naught.
Mr. Langdon, In a statement Issued
soon after tuktng possession of the
office, raid:
"Judge Sewell's order completely
nullifies the action of "Ruef, Galla
gher and the supervisors until Novem
ber 2. ot least, and there Is nothing
Ruef can do -until that time to. carry
out last night's action except by force
of arms and we are prepared for
that."
The grand Jury, according to pres
ent plans, will lie completed this af
ternoon and it Is likely that Langdon
and Heney -will Immediately present
the evidence gathered by them In sup
port of their Charges of municipal
graft and to secure Indictments at
once and rush the cases to trlnl before
a possible overturning of Judge Sew
. ell's order.
The air about the temporary city
hall was charged this morning with
excitement. Not a few declared not
to be surprised If bloodshed resulted.
Ruet, tangdnn and Urney are deter
mined men and practically know no
fear. Heney has been tried and not
found wanting In a clash at arms, hav
ing killed a man In Arizona in a des
pornli' buttle resulting from a lawsuit
In which Heney figured.
Springs! Siirpi-1''" Rnef.
Langdon this morning. In anticipa
tion of an attempt to storm his office,
called on the sheriff for two deputies
anil the chief of police for two police
men to guard the place. The officers
took up -then' posts at the noor.
Judge Sewvll Issued a restraining
order at 1) o'clock this morning. Ruef
was served with the notice of Its Is
suance at daybreak. In the petition
it Is alleged that Gallagher, Ruef and
the conspirators entered Into a con
spiracy to remove Langdon from of
. flee because he proposes to ask the
grand Jury to Indict them ror felonies
which he claim he can prove they
committed. It further states that the
defendants control the police depart
ment and had threatened to remove
hi in from office by furoe.
Long before the hour set for the
selection of a grand Jury, fully 3000
had gathered around the building In
which the court was sitting. The
court room was so crowded that other
quurtcr- had to be secured. Just be
fore gilng to court Ruef announced
he won'd not attempt to take the of
fice by force, but would establish u
second district attorney's office If not
recognized by the court.
It developed this afternoon that
Ruef. (lallagher and supervisors wer
In secret conference all morning, pre
paring a plan of action. Ruef de
clared he would assume the office of
district attorney nt all hazards, hut
refused to say whether or not he
would resort to force. An nntl-Ruef
demonstration Is planned for this
afternoon, when Judge Oraham'a
coutt convenes to compu te the grand
Jury. It Is, expected that Ruef will
make an attempt In court to be rec
rgnlzed as the district attorney.
Chicago Wheat Market.
Chicago, Oct. 26. When; closed to
day at 72 3-4; corn at 4H 1-4, ano
oats at 34 7-8.
ONLY WAY HE CUt'l
Hoard of Elections Advise Voter to
Sleep With Wife's Wooden Log.
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 26. The Ham
ilton county board of elections today
solemnly advised Harry Ernestcs, a
grocer, to sleep one night with his ab
sent bride's wooden leg In order to
gain a residence for election purposes.
Ernestes seems to have lost a home
when he gained a wife In Oldenburg,
Ind 10 days ago. It has been his
habit to Bleep under the counter In
the rear of his grocery.
When Ernestes went to register so
he could vote he found that by mar
rying he had lost his old grocery res
idence and. since he had not provided
his bride with one, he had not gained
a new one.
The difficulty was solved when the
board learned that the bride was
blessed with a wooden leg, and ad
vised him that he might register and
vote If he would take the wooden leg
to bed with him In the rear of his gro
cery store.
SEATTLE'S HEAVY BUSINESS!
Mailk Clearings for Three Weeks
Amount to Over 30,000,000.
H.'.ittlo. Oct. 26. During the three
weeks of the mouth of October, which
have already passed, the previous
records In the clearings of the Seattle
banks have been broken three times
The weekly records and the dally
clearings have twice exceeded previ
ous records and the dally clearings
once. The present prospects are that
still another record will be broken
and the clearings for the month will
reach the highest figures yet recorded
The clearings for the past week
were $11, 714,447. B7; for the week end
ing October 1J, $12,533 979.61, and for
the previous week $11,968,603.29
making a total of $36,217,030.47 In
three weeks. This Is nearly $3,000,000
more than for the entire month of
October, 190.1. The greatest monthly
clearings of the Seattle clearing house
was Inst March when the totul was
$43,368,827.70.
ANTI-CANTEEN FIGHT.
resident of W. C. T. I'. Urge's Metn
hers to Kland by Movement.
Hartford, Oct. 2. The national
-convention ofthe'W. C. T. U. began
here today. The national president
Mrs. Stevens, of Maine, In her annual
address, urged the members to stand
by the anil-canteen law. She declar
ed It had been disproved that malic
ious dives spring up around military
posts without canteens. She favored
the national conventional amendment
against pollgnmy.
The convention voted $250 for an
exhibition at Jamestown.
Grain Trust on Trial.
Ties Moines, Oct. 26. Before an
audience of over 300 farmers Com
missioner Clerk Lane today began the
Investigation of the alleged grain trust
operating In Iowa under the name of
the Iowa Gniln Dealers' association.
A dozen witnesses were summoned to
ti'li vi',v they suffered through the
i f s h i.w!o;i.
TAKE INTEREST
EXMJTTKI) Tn.VT FIFTY
MEM HERS WILL COME.
State Senators and HcprcHcutiitlvcs
Signify Their Intentions of Attend
ing Kpwlul Meeting Here Next
Tuesday Question of Establishing
.lute Plant at Salcin Will Hi- Thor
oughly Exploited To Visit riant nt
Walla Wnlln and AVo Weston Nor
mal School.
Every mall adds to the proportions
of the meeting of the legislators to be
held In this city next Tuesday.
This morning Dr. C. J. Smith re
ceived 14 letters from members of the
legislature concerning the Tendleton
meeting and out of 14, 11 of the writ
ers promised to be h"re for the meet
ing and the excursion to Walla Walla.
This makes a total of 21 who have
promised to come here and It Is the
belief of the Umntllln county mem
bers that at least 60 members of the
legislature will Join In the excursion
to Walla Walla Tuesday morning.
Tljose whose favorable replies were
received by Dr. Smith this morning
are as follows:
Senators Haines of Washington
county, Caldwell of Yamhill, Dan Ml
larkey of Multnomah, Coshow of
Douglas. Mulllt of Jackson nnd Hod-
son of Multnomah.
Representatives Crawford of Doug
las, ' Nnrthup of Multnomah, Rarrett
of Washington, Jackson of Douglas,
and Pike of Sherman.
One or two members have said that
It was Impossible for them to be here.
because of their absence from the
state on the data of the meeting, but
the general, tenor of the replies re
ceived by Dr. Smith Is that each mem
ber Is anxious to como and take this
opportunity to Investigate the Jute
plant nt Walla Walla and also the
Weston Normal school.
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HIIIUIlKllh DIM 1 1 H MPS n rw MP A Nh
iiiiiiiiiiii linn
UPiDER
Fight on the Man8gemeit of the
Breaks Out Into
Agent Edwards of tltc Umatilla Agency, am! W. L. Thompson, Guardian of
Minor Imlinn Heirs, Are Openly Charged With IMng Their OliUlul Po--sttlons
for Improper Purposes The Dcieiise Says That Jealousy Is tho
iinc of tlic Fight Against Them.
A storm that has been brewing for
matw monthi In reservation circles
his at lat broken forth and It hi f
made a roar such a, has not been
heard Jn local business circles for
many months. O. C. Edwards, agent
on the I.'riiatllla reservation, and W.
L. Thompson, cashier of the Cummer
cltl National bank, and guardian fur
ninwur Indian heirs, have been cen
tral figures around which the whirl
wind has gathered and the fate of the
twe men has been the subject of much
comment today.
That they have used their official
positions for Improper purposes Is
freely charged and many things that
have occurred during the post few
months have been recalled.
The Storm Rreaks.
In an interview which occurred last
evening between Colonel J. H. Raley
and Agent Edwards at the former's
of floe, hostilities were opened. It was
during a discussion regarding some
In ml which Charles Hamilton wished
to secure upon the reservation. After
a lu-ated argument' Colonel Raley
openly accused the agent of breaking
his word and declared that he would
have no further business with him.
In reply Edwards said tba the feel
ing was mutual and left the office
without much formality.
Various and serious are the accu
sations made against Edwards and
Thompson. That the latter has used
his official position and his influence
with tha agent to force renters upon
the reservation to deal with hie bank
Is ooenly declared.
According to reports, farmers who
have lends upon the reservation have
bepn solicited to hank with the Com
mercial National. Thompson is sold
to have represented that he could 'do
t sings" for them with Edwards If
they wre patronizing his bank. Also
the agent Is declared to have assisted
In giving out such an impression. In
yesterday. Colonel Raley declared that
the course of his talk with the agent
the Commercial Nitlon'nl bank was
promising much and was too near
able to "deliver the goods" to suit
his taste.
As guni.fiaa of the 4 or more mi
nor linden heirs Thompson has hud
murh to do with the leasing of their
lands and according to those who up.
now opposj.ig him his main purpose
has not been the welfare of his
charge. Iim the securing of new bus
iness for lii, hnnk.
Hut his Influence has seemingly ex
tendi d fnith-r than the lands under
his r.imrill.nii-hlp as he has declared
himself In a position to help renters
secure other lands. When John
Crow's application for some land was
rejected by Edwards not long ago, tht
c-iHhler is said to have told Mr. Crow
that he could have gotten the lands
for him.
Also there haj been much dissatis
faction over the rales of heirship
lands during the past summer. Under
the laws such lands go to the highest
bidder and at the sales held the de
sirable land, or the greater portion
at least, was gotten by men who were
known to be dummies for the Com
mercial National bank. At one snlj
In August lands 'imountlng to $20,000
were bid In by Emll Mathes, who I,
sulri to have never seen them nor had
any money with which to make the
purehares. In nearly everv Instance
the
Mathes bid wu but a trifle over
tnose of ether men and that fact
caused much talk at the time. Thoso
who were present nt the sale deelare.J
that the lids were not read aloud bi
Edwards, that considerable time was
taken before they were announced
As a result a suspicion was aroused
that the suie was not "on the square."
Profit Emm Heirship Ijind.
That the dealings in heirship land
were profitable to some one Is shown
bv the following single transaction:
At a sale held last spring 160 acres of
land belonging to Jennie Van Pelt, an
Indian, was bid In by H. R. MeCnl
hnn for the price of $1720, or n little
over $10 per acre. McCallum Is re
garded as having merely allowed th
Commercial Natlonnl bank to use his
name In the matter. The land pur
chased was the northeast quarter ot
section 18, township 1, north of rnngo
33, E. W, M. It was deeded to H. H
McCtllmn on May 7, the acknowledg
rienl being made before O. C. Ed
wards on that dnte by Jennie Vim
TYIt, the consideration being as given
above.
Four d.iys later. May 11, the sums
ICO acres of land was deeded by Mc
Callum to A. L. Parker for the con
slderntlon of $3360. or $21 nev acre
Tie acknowledgement of the deed
A GllW FIRE
Umatilla Indian Reservation
Open Warfare.
was made also on May 11 before H. B.
Darnell, a county clerk In Montana
the deed evidently having been sent
to that state for his signature.
As a result of tnie transntctlon it
II be seen that the land was sold
four deye later for double the amount
received by Jennie Van Pelt and that
as 3 result of ihe deal the sum of
$1640 was made by some one.
The warranty deeds for the above
land were filed for record with Re
cordir Hendley but recently, the Jen
nie Van Pelt deed being filed October
20, nnd the deed to Parkef October
22.
Indian Woman Was "nnffnloc."
According to Mrs. Van Pelt and
Albert Mlnthorn, to whom she told
her story, Agent Edwards personally
approached her nnd told her to sell
her land for $1700 as this was all she
would be able to get for it since th'(
San Fsancisco earthquake had madct
money scarce and times hard. Mrs
Van Pelt objected to selling for this
price and held out for the market
value ot the land, which she well
knew from other tales of similar
quality of land.
She finally accepted tha bill
$1721) lor hc-r land, which was Imme
dlately sold by McCallum, the pur
chaser, for SSSO.
P.irktr Had Offered Double
But the gravest feature of the sale
of the Jennie Van Pelt land Is the al
legation that Parker, the final pur
cnuser. we a wining to pay $zu per ai"
for the land at the time the Indian
woman was persuaded bv Edwards to
sell It for half that price because of
the "scarcity of money' "at that time
It Is said that prior to the first sale
of the lirid Parker told W. L. Thomp
son that he would give $20 per aero
for the tiact find had virtually auth
orized the cashier to offer that price
for It In his behalf. Parker himself
has not been In town today and so
could not be seen. However, Those
who have heard his story declare their
belief In Its truthfulness.
The Side of tho IWotw.
In answer to the charges made
against them. Agent O. C. Edwards
c( the I'mutilla Indian reservation
and W. X,. Thompson, cashier of t'j
Commercial National bank, who is
custodian of the Indi-vn fund nnd ex
ecutor of the In linn estates and als
guardian of minor heirs, say thai
the entire sterm against them Is In
cited by Xurners who desire to enjoy
privileges which the law forbids them
from enjcyir.s, and by the two other
uunliF of FenOlctnn, the First National
and the .Savings bank. which arc
Jealous of the buslnxsr secured by
their young rival, in being designated
as the gcve?nnint depository.
It !s said by them that because
farmers are not allowed to lease more
than a seetlon of land, which the gov
ernment h..s fixed is the limit to bn
leased to one farmer, mnnv of the
prominent fnmiers hive vigorously
abused Edwards, charged him with
grafting without foundation nnd in
every vny antagonized him on the
reservation. To retaliate on Edwards
for refusing to disobey the . regula
tions of the depnrtment and permit
them to lease more than the lawful
amount of land, It is said that many
of t lie most prcmlnent farmers on th?
reservation have entered Into the
fight against him for the purpose of
getting him out cf the way In hope:,
of securing an agent who will permit
them to lease more than the legal
limit of lard and otherwise disobey
the regulations.
"All Is on tlw tSqimrc."
Agent Edwards declares that the
making cf leases, the snle of heirship
lauds and the disposal of all Indian
funds have been In strict accordance
with tl.e law, but that because many
of the regulations have been violated
In the pnst the observance of them
causes dissatisfaction among certain
clashes of inrmers now. It is said
that every step he has taken In trans
acting the business of the reservation
is upheld by the regulations and th
low and that lie defies the opposition
to discover nn Illegal act on his part
The regulations of the Indian de
partment give the agent exclusive
powers to designate who are fit or
unfit renters, and that because of the
nbue of the agent by a number of
farmers he has decided that they nre
disturbing elements and should not be
permitted to farm. on the reservation.
This has enraged the farmers, natur
ally, and they desire the removal of
the agent.
Ti e eh.irges against neither Ed
wards n.ir Thompson have taken spe
cific from but consist principally In
street talk. It Is thought that direct
charge will be made against uoth of
ficials soon, however, In order to bring
the matter to a "show down."
Much h Hemes is being engendered
In the citv l.y ihe matter, the patrons
of the different banks entering Into
the fignt as sympathizers even where
thev are not directly Interested.
( dwell Harred Out.
William Colwi'll, the reservation
terrnei, today received an official
communication from Agent Edwards
In which that offlci-il returned him a
check Tor $60 which hud been paid lr
advance us rent for u piece of land
"which Colwell has been farming. It
was accompanied by the information
tnat Mr. Colwell was not considered
as a suitable lessee.
According to Mr. Colwell, his busl-
nea vns solicited by the Commercial
National bank and under the circum
stances ho considered it wise to trans
fer pa-t cf his account to that InstK
utlon. He did so, dividing his ac
count between Mr. Thompson's hank
nd Ihe First National.
RELIEVE HUSBAND SHOT WIFE.
He Told Officerx That RublKT Com
mitted Ikied and Htolo $300.
Goshen, Ind., Oct. 26. Mrs. Lou
Fuller, aged 45, wife of a farmer and
horse trader near the city, was shot
In bed this morning. Her husband
says robbers got over $300 from his
trousers and says shots awakened
him. .
Fuller has been arrested. The of
ficers say he was co-respondent in a
divorce case and declares Mrs. Ful
ler's wounds show powder burns.
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY.
Wreckers Aetna Bunking Company
Must Answer Serious Charges.
Washington, Oct. 26. On the charge
of conspiracy In connection with the
wrecking of the Aetna Banking &
Trust company, E. W. McCormick, Its
promoter, was arrested this afternoon
and locked up In default of a $2000
bond. It Is alleged he conspired with
John Hoag, the cashier, and others, to
defraud the creditors- through the Is
suance to him of false certificates of
deposit. Warrants are out for the
others who are Implicated.
HERRING'S TRIAL NEXT WEEK.
Former Cashier of Chicago Dank Will
Make a Fight.
Chicago, Oct. 26. H. L. Herring,
cashier of the defunct Milwaukee
Avenue bank, will go to trial next
week. Today three additional indict
ments charging forgery, were returned
against him. It is expected Stensland
will be returned from the penlten
tlary to testify.
New Order for Officers.
New York, Oct. 26. General Bing
ham today ordered every plain clothes
officer on the police force to patrol
duty after 6 tomorrow evening. All
plain clothes men hereafter will be
appointed by the Inspector of the dis
trict In which he Is assigned. It is
expected to do away with the "go-between"
service generally credited to
plain clothes policemen.
RAILWAY FOR THE
RECLAMATION DEPARTMENT
ORDERS EQUIPMENT,
Miniature) Railroad System Will Re
OiMTiitrd nt the Cold Springs Irrl-
gat Ion Project Four I-ocoinollves
nnd 41 Dump Cars Have" Been Or
dered Road Will Be Alxiut 5000
Feet In ICiigth nnd Will no Used In
Excavating nnd Constructing Dam,
The reclamation department will
operate a miniature railway system at
the site of the Cold Springs reservoir
In this county. Equipment for the
rond has already been ordered. In ad
dition to a 70-ton steam shovel which
will be run upon the road.
The interior department yesterday
placed an order for four 10xl6-lnch
locomotives of 36-inch gauge, to cost
$3000 each, the order being given to
the American Locomotive company of
New York city.
In ndditlon to the four engines or
dered the depnrtment also ordered 44
one-yard dump cars from the Kllgore,
Peteler company of Minneapolis, at a
cost of $168.75 .each: sixty-five tons
of steel rails from the Hoflus Steel
& Equipment company of Seattle, at
$34 per ton, and also 125 tons of rails
from the Kllgore-Petler company at
$33 per ton, and 10 switches from the
Ernst Welner company of New York,
at $.15 each.
The miniature railroad system w'U
be constructed on the site of the res
ervoir ami win ue uscn in removing
the embankment and placing the dam
for the reservoir. It will be about
5000 feet In length.
Hnhbcr Escape With Snag.
Jamestown, Mo., Oct. 26. Robbers
blew open the safe of tho Rank of
Jamestown nnd secured $2200 In
cash. They escaped.
UMATILLA
1
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Japanese Government Seems
to Be Incensed Over Expul
sion of Students,
SITUATION THRESHED OCT
IN CABINET MEETING.
Each Nation Accuses tho . Other of
' Violating Treaty Rights Authorities
Declare Lack of Facilities Wag the
Cause of Exclusion of Japanese
From Schools Government I'rgea
California Officials to Relieve Situ
atlon and Suggests That $8,000,000
of the Red Cross Funds lie Used for
the Japanese In Schools.
Washington, Oct. 26. Serious con
sideration was given to the Japanese
situation today at the cabinet meet
ing, which lasted about two hours or
more. Although matters h.ive not
reached the "strained relations" stage
there is no concealing the fact that
the administration Is worried.
Each nation practically accused the
other of violating the treaty rights.
Plans were considered today of work
ing out the problem In Pan Francisco.
The authorities there declare only the
lack of facilities causes the exclusion
from the schools. The question Is now
In court as to whether the federal
government has jurisdiction. A suit
was filed yesterday In the federal
court at San Francisco enjoining the
board removing certaln Japanese stu
dents. If the supreme court upholds
the Injunction, the authority of the
government In Its promises will be
assured.
It Is thought the government Is al
ready communicating with California
officials, urging co-operation, and
even suggested that $6,000,000 of Red
Cross funds be used for the Japanese .
in the schools.
JAPAN'S LRGER XAVY. t
Island Empire Plans Extensive Iiu. -proveinciits
in Amiameut.
Yokohama, Oct. 26. The diet to
day voted $135,000,000 for a program
of Improvement of the pavy, the ex
tension to cover a period of eight
years, $12,000,000 of this sum to be
ued, to repair present vessels, among
them being the former Russian ves
sels captured and raised. Many ves
sels in the service are now to be re
placed. The new program provides for a
batt'eshlp squadron of eight vessels
representing the strongest and newest
types, two armoured cruisers, squad
rons of eight ships each and three fast
ciulrer squadrons of four ships each.
The government has now under con
struction, or about to be laid down,
three battleships, nine armoured
cruloer3. and 10 fast cruisers which
will be added to the proposed pro
gram. It Is Intended that two bat
tleships shall he of the Sutsuma and
Akl cl.iss (now building) of 19,000
tons each and four of the Kashlma and
Katorl class of 10,500 tons. , Of the
captured battleships hut two. the Orse
and Retylvan are considered compe
tent to t.ike vluce with the new style
warships.
The minister ot the navy in de
manding the appropriation said his
opinion was thut the nnval policy
should be based upon the national
burden.-, which were heavy already,
of course, always arranging that the
nation's naval efficiency be not im,
pnlred.
CASE AGAINST STANDARD.
Suit Will Be Sinned Next Montli .
Government Laying Attack.
Washington, Oct. 26. Moody und
assistants ere preparing recommenda.
tlon to place before the president ot
a plan of attack on Stamford Oil. MoN
rls-on. of Chicago, nnd Kellogg, of St.
Paul, special attorneys, nre now go.
Ing over the report that Sullivan, of
Cleveland, made of the Findlay trials.
Morrison and Kellogg have already
submitted theirs. It is said the evl-'
deuce of the government needs to
strengthen its case now In hand. It is
likely the suit will be started about
the middle ot November.
Negro Coachman Testifies.
Pittsburg, Oct. 26. Negro Hoe tes
tified on his own behalf In the per.
jury case today and reiterated every
statement made In the deposition used
in the divorce ense against Mrs.
Hartje. He said a confession was
forced from him. The state rested its
case.
MurllHiroughs Declare a Truce.
London, Oct. 26. It Is understood
that the marital difficulties between
the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
have been settled temporarily at least.
It was po uted out to the duchess that
a scundal would ruin the duke's hopes
for political preferment.
RESULT